By Mark Squibb
Witless Bay council is hoping the establishment of a youth committee will get young people more involved with the goings on of the town.
Councillor Ralph Carey moved during the June public meeting that council establish a youth committee to give youth the opportunity to provide input to council and help with planning and organizing events.
“What we’re trying to do is engage the young people in the town to become part of what we can,” said Carey, who added that working with youth would make Witless Bay better for everybody.
Appropriately enough, besides being Pride Month, June is also Recreation Month. Council acknowledged both at the start of the meeting.
In other recreation news, the Town recently hosted an online recreation survey which netted about 40 responses. The Town also coordinated with the Kin Club to host a community cleanup, and recreation committee chairman Jacob Hayden said while the cleanup was not well-attended, a great deal of garbage was collected, nonetheless. The Town has also recently hosted an introduction to boccia event and a painting night.
Hayden also noted Town staff have received naloxone training, and that the Town Hall is registered as an official naloxone distribution site. Naloxone is medicine used to fight opioid overdoses by reversing and blocking the effects of opioids.
Town staff are currently working with community groups to prepare for the upcoming Canada Day festivities, and council voted to purchase $500 worth of fireworks, plus HST.
